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"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "eyeball to eyeball"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "hairy eyeball"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "mark 1 eyeball"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sailor's eyeball"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "up to one's eyeballs"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "eye",
"3": "ball"
},
"expansion": "eye + ball",
"name": "af"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "balle off the eye"
},
"expansion": "Middle English balle off the eye",
"name": "noncog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "balle of þe eyȝe",
"lit": "ball of the eye",
"t": "eyeball"
},
"expansion": "balle of þe eyȝe (“eyeball”, literally “ball of the eye”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From eye + ball. Compare Middle English balle off the eye, balle of þe eyȝe (“eyeball”, literally “ball of the eye”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "eyeballs",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "eyeball (plural eyeballs)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"The ball of the eye."
],
"id": "en-eyeball-en-noun-KDMayRzI",
"links": [
[
"ball",
"ball"
],
[
"eye",
"eye"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "oogappel"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "muqlat al-ʕayn",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "مُقْلَة اَلْعَيْن"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "aknaxnjor",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "ակնախնձոր"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "vóčny jáblyk",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "во́чны я́блык"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "óčna jábǎlka",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "о́чна я́бълка"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yǎnqiú",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "眼球"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jīngqiú",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "睛球"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yǎnzhū",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "眼珠"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "nci",
"lang": "Classical Nahuatl",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "īxtelolohtli"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "aval lagas"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "oční bulva"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "øjeæble"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "oogappel"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "okulglobo"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "silmamuna"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eygnasteinur"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eygnaknøttur"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "silmämuna"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "globe oculaire"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "tvalis ḳaḳali",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "თვალის კაკალი"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Augapfel"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "volvós tou matioú",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "βολβός του ματιού"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "volvós tou ofthalmoú",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "βολβός του οφθαλμού"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "glḗnē",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "γλήνη"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "ht",
"lang": "Haitian Creole",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "boul je"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "galgál-áyin",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "גַּלְגַּל עַיִן"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "szemgolyó"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "augnknöttur"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "auga"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "silmämuna"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bulbo oculare"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"alt": "がんきゅう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "gankyū",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "眼球"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"alt": "めだま",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "medama",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "目玉"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "jje",
"lang": "Jeju",
"roman": "nunkkari",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "눈깔이"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "jje",
"lang": "Jeju",
"roman": "nunkkeari",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"dialectal"
],
"word": "눈께알이"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "kroap pnɛɛk",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "គ្រាប់ភ្នែក"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "nunal",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "눈알"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"alt": "眼球",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "an'gu",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "안구"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "nunkkal",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"word": "눈깔"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bulbus oculi"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acs ābols"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "óčno jábolko",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "о́чно ја́болко"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "clagh-hooilley"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "ā̃khāko geḍī",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "आँखाको गेडी"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "balle dé l'yi"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "øyeeple"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "augeeple"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ēaġæppel"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gałka oczna"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "globo ocular"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "glob ocular"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "globul ochiului"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "glaznóje jábloko",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "глазно́е я́блоко"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "clach na sùla"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "очна јабучица"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "očna jabučica"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "očná buľva"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "zrklo"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "globo ocular"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "ögonglob"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "buliga"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "bilumata"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "kanuguḍḍu",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "కనుగుడ్డు"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "ลูกตา"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "mig ril",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "མིག་རིལ"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"note": "སྤྱན་འབྲས (spyan 'bras, literally “fruit of the eye”)",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"honorific"
]
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "göz yuvan"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "göz küresi"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "göz yuvarı"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "óčne jábluko",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "о́чне я́блуко"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "cầu mắt"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "nhãn cầu"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "logaglöp"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pelen y llygad"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cannwyll llygad"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "sah",
"lang": "Yakut",
"roman": "qaraq mökünüge",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "харах мөкүнүгэ"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "oygepl",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "אויגעפּל"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "oygn-apl",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ויגן־אַפּל"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "apl",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "אַפּל"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "pupile",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "פּופּילע"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "shvartsapl",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "שוואַרצאַפּל"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "oygnshvartsl",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "אויגנשוואַרצל"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "oygnapl",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "אויגנאַפּל"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "oygapl",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "אויגאַפּל"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "shvartsl",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "שוואַרצל"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "kleyn mentshele",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "קליין מענטשעלע"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "kleyn-mentshele",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "קליין־מענטשעלע"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "yo",
"lang": "Yoruba",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "ẹyinjú"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "yo",
"lang": "Yoruba",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "ọmọ-ojú"
},
{
"_dis1": "96 0 0 0 0 4",
"code": "za",
"lang": "Zhuang",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "ngveihda"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"A person's focus of attention."
],
"id": "en-eyeball-en-noun-K52Do0Ah",
"links": [
[
"focus",
"focus"
],
[
"attention",
"attention"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2016, Marie Breen-Smyth, The Ashgate Research Companion to Political Violence, page 384",
"text": "Intelligence work is necessarily limited in scope by the capacity of national surveillance systems. […] Ultimately, it is only when you have an 'eyeball' or the electronic equivalent on a suspect that you have a reasonable chance of a preventive intervention.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Surveillance."
],
"id": "en-eyeball-en-noun-uLhl4S4z",
"links": [
[
"Surveillance",
"surveillance"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal) Surveillance."
],
"tags": [
"informal"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Marketing",
"orig": "en:Marketing",
"parents": [
"Business",
"Economics",
"Society",
"Social sciences",
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"word": "augnknöttur"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "auga"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "silmämuna"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bulbo oculare"
},
{
"alt": "がんきゅう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "gankyū",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "眼球"
},
{
"alt": "めだま",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "medama",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "目玉"
},
{
"code": "jje",
"lang": "Jeju",
"roman": "nunkkari",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "눈깔이"
},
{
"code": "jje",
"lang": "Jeju",
"roman": "nunkkeari",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"dialectal"
],
"word": "눈께알이"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "kroap pnɛɛk",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "គ្រាប់ភ្នែក"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "nunal",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "눈알"
},
{
"alt": "眼球",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "an'gu",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "안구"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "nunkkal",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"word": "눈깔"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bulbus oculi"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "acs ābols"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "óčno jábolko",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "о́чно ја́болко"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "clagh-hooilley"
},
{
"code": "ne",
"lang": "Nepali",
"roman": "ā̃khāko geḍī",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "आँखाको गेडी"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "balle dé l'yi"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "øyeeple"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "augeeple"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ēaġæppel"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "gałka oczna"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "globo ocular"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "glob ocular"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "globul ochiului"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "glaznóje jábloko",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "глазно́е я́блоко"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "clach na sùla"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "очна јабучица"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "očna jabučica"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "očná buľva"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "zrklo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "globo ocular"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "ögonglob"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "buliga"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "bilumata"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "kanuguḍḍu",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "కనుగుడ్డు"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "ลูกตา"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "mig ril",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "མིག་རིལ"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"note": "སྤྱན་འབྲས (spyan 'bras, literally “fruit of the eye”)",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"honorific"
]
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "göz yuvan"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "göz küresi"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "göz yuvarı"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "óčne jábluko",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "о́чне я́блуко"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "cầu mắt"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "nhãn cầu"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "logaglöp"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pelen y llygad"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cannwyll llygad"
},
{
"code": "sah",
"lang": "Yakut",
"roman": "qaraq mökünüge",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "харах мөкүнүгэ"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "oygepl",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "אויגעפּל"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "oygn-apl",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ויגן־אַפּל"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "apl",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "אַפּל"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "pupile",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "פּופּילע"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "shvartsapl",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "שוואַרצאַפּל"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "oygnshvartsl",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "אויגנשוואַרצל"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "oygnapl",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "אויגנאַפּל"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "oygapl",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "אויגאַפּל"
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{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "shvartsl",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "שוואַרצל"
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{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "kleyn mentshele",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "קליין מענטשעלע"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "kleyn-mentshele",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "קליין־מענטשעלע"
},
{
"code": "yo",
"lang": "Yoruba",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "ẹyinjú"
},
{
"code": "yo",
"lang": "Yoruba",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "ọmọ-ojú"
},
{
"code": "za",
"lang": "Zhuang",
"sense": "ball of the eye",
"word": "ngveihda"
}
],
"word": "eyeball"
}
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"2": "balle of þe eyȝe",
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"word": "bums in seats"
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{
"word": "click-through"
}
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"English transitive verbs"
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"text": "A good cook can often just eyeball the correct quantities of ingredients.",
"type": "example"
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{
"text": "Each geometric construction must be exact; eyeballing it and getting close does not count.",
"type": "example"
}
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],
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],
[
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[
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[
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[
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[
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[
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"(transitive, informal) To gauge, estimate or judge by eye, rather than measuring precisely; to look or glance at."
],
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"informal",
"transitive"
]
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"categories": [
"English informal terms",
"English terms with usage examples",
"English transitive verbs"
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"examples": [
{
"text": "Are you eyeballing my girl?",
"type": "example"
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"glosses": [
"To stare at intently."
],
"links": [
[
"stare",
"stare"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, informal) To stare at intently."
],
"tags": [
"informal",
"transitive"
]
},
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"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2018 April 10, Daniel Taylor, “Liverpool go through after Mohamed Salah stops Manchester City fightback”, in The Guardian (London)",
"text": "Guardiola strode on to the pitch at half-time to remonstrate with the Spanish referee, Antonio Mateu Lahoz, but went too far with his eyeballing and matador-like hand movements. He was “upstairs”, in the Colin Bell stand, to watch Liverpool’s second-half turnaround and a dismal seven days for City take another turn for the worse.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To roll one's eyes."
],
"links": [
[
"roll one's eyes",
"roll one's eyes"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To roll one's eyes."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
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"audio": "en-us-eyeball.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f1/En-us-eyeball.ogg/En-us-eyeball.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/En-us-eyeball.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "eye-ball"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to judge by eye",
"word": "arvioida silmämääräisesti"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to judge by eye",
"word": "évaluer à vue de nez"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to judge by eye",
"word": "évaluer au pif"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to judge by eye",
"word": "faire à la louche"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to judge by eye",
"word": "nach Augenmaß abschätzen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to judge by eye",
"word": "nach Augenmaß abmessen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to judge by eye",
"word": "nach Augenmaß hinzugeben"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to judge by eye",
"word": "nach Augenmaß hinzufügen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kóvo me to vlémma",
"sense": "to judge by eye",
"word": "κόβω με το βλέμμα"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kozáro",
"sense": "to judge by eye",
"word": "κοζάρω"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to judge by eye",
"word": "mierzyć na oko"
}
],
"word": "eyeball"
}
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